Need for action on self-driving car bill, with more cyber language, touted at hearing on insurance

Insurance-sector representatives, consumer advocates and lawmakers all pushed for Senate passage of the AV START Act -- which would create security standards for self-driving cars -- during a House hearing on Wednesday, while calling for enhancements to further improve cybersecurity.

“We think it’s a very serious problem, and it’s a very personal serious problem,” Jack Gillis, the incoming executive director of the Consumer Federation of America, said in response to a question on the potential impact of cyber hacking on...